Re: [SBB] Returning migrants

[Nancy Teater <[[email protected]]>]

Now, wait a second. White Pelicans *are* special. We look forward to their 
return every year. And it is always sort of a kick to be assaulted by 
Forster's Terns screeching their lungs out. So they may not be unusual, but 
are always fun to watch.
Nancy


At 08:50 PM 7/5/2005 -0400, [[email protected]] wrote:
> All,
>
> This morning Frank Vanslager and I walked out to Salt Pond A10.   Nothing
> special was seen on the way (four BROWN PELICANS, lots of AMERICAN  WHITE
> PELICANS, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 4-5 SURF SCOTER and one  EARED GREBE 
> in A10) but
> we did notice several large flocks of  sandpipers (of up to 100 birds) flying
> along the Salt Ponds south  of us (A7 and A8).  We also noted what looked
> like a flock of about 20  CASPIAN TERNS on a "beach" (box nearby) in Salt 
> Pond
> A7.  Several CATE were  seen flying nearby during our "trek."  A quick 
> check of
> the  Environmental Education Center revealed good numbers of Sandpipers in 
> New
>  Chicago Marsh.  Unfortunately the distances were great and the air quality
> poor so only a few LEAST SANDPIPERS and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS 
> were  identified,
> but things are definitely looking up.
>
> Take care,
> Bob Reiling
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